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MEED - Arabian World Construction Summit

Seminar Day One Day Two Post-Summit Seminar

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Martin Bay

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Turkish-led consortium expected to be awarded Abu Dhabi's midfield terminal - A consortium of Turkey’s TAV, Athens-based Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) and the local Arabtec Construction is expected to be awarded the AED10.55bn ($2.87bn) contract to build the midfield terminal at Abu Dhabi International airport.

The TAV-led consortium submitted the lowest price for the contract, which if awarded, will be the largest ever construction contract awarded in the UAE according to regional projects tracker MEED Projects.

The consortium’s price is about seven per cent lower than the offer of AED11.3bn submitted by Hyundai Engineering & Construction, Kumho Engineering & Construction, both South Korean, Beijing-based China State Construction Engineering Corporation and the local Al-Shafar General Contracting Company.

A team of US-based Bechtel Corporation, the local Al-Jaber Group, and Turkey’s Enka submitted a price of AED11.6bn and the consortium of South Korea’s Samsung C&T, the local/Belgium Six Construct Abu Dhabi and the local/Lebanese Arabian Construction Company (ACC) bid AED11.9bn.

On 23 April, the client, Abu Dhabi Airports Company (Adac), asked the bidders to extend the validity of their tender bonds to the end of July.

The midfield terminal will be built between the two existing runways at Abu Dhabi International airport. The total built-up area will be 630,000 square metres and it will also include a multi-storey car park. The terminal will include 27,000 sq m of retail and food and beverage outlets. It will also comprise 65 contact gates that will be able to accommodate the Airbus A380 aircraft.

Adac has also invited contractors to submit bids by 6 May for the contract to build the airside areas for the terminal that will support the 65 contact gates and up to 19 remote stands.

The construction work involves infrastructure and civils works around the midfield complex, including 300,000 sq m of pavement concrete, 600,000 sq m of flexible pavement with taxiway connections to the existing and future taxiway systems, and the installation of utilities such as power, stormwater drainage and a jet fuel system.

NEW REPORT - UAE Construction Cost Report

UAE construction costs set to fall in 2012 - Construction costs in the UAE are set to fall by 1.3 per cent this year as a result of the global economic downturn and ongoing uncertainty over projects initially scheduled to commence in the country in 2011.

The UAE Construction Cost Report is the first independent construction cost report published in the UAE. With detailed analysis of 10 years of data, the report features an index tracking construction costs from 2002 to 2011. Order your copy of the report now!

The index demonstrates how construction costs rose 90 per cent during the boom years following the introduction of freehold laws entitling foreigners to purchase properties in certain areas. A key aspect of the MCI repertoire is a building block index which tracks the actual price movement and volume of 32 items on site. The ability to drill down into any of the building blocks and build a custom index is extremely valuable to sub-contractors specialising in specific fields.

MCI’s analysis found there exists a strong statistical correlation between specific economic measures, such as global GDP growth rates, UAE GDP growth rates, project construction awards, and project cash flow forecasts. On this basis, a model was developed which applies these economic measures as input to derive a forecast construction cost index. Click here to read more....

Articles to download

1. Contract awarded for Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City - Drake and Skull Qatar (DSQ), has announced that it has been awarded a QAR 125 million MEP contract for MEP work at Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. The project is the first phase of Qatar Petroleum’s administration complex, 70 km north of Doha.

2. Four compete for Abu Dhabi mid field terminal contract - Abu Dhabi Airports Company (Adac) has asked four of the six bidders for the contract to build the midfield terminal at Abu Dhabi International to submit revised prices

3. Bahrain invites contractors to express interest in stadium project - Bahrain’s Public Works Ministry has invited contractors to express interest in a project to build a 20,000-seat capacity sports stadium.The proposed stadium will comply to football world governing body Fifa’s requirements. The sports venue is intended for use in 2013, when Bahrain plays host to the upcoming Gulf Cup football tournament.

4. Dubai to stay ahead with more than $1bn of construction deals at port and airport - Dubai plans to award more than $1bn of construction contracts for major upgrades at its ports and airports this year as the emirate seeks to maintain its position as the region’s leading transport and logistics hub.

5. Qatar extends bid deadline for Education City car park project - Astad, the project management arm of Qatar Petroleum, has extended the bid deadline by a month for the contract to build an estimated QR1bn ($274) car park at Education City, a 14-square-kilometre development on the western edge of Doha.

6. Planned GCC hospital projects worth $35bn in 2012 - Healthcare projects are set to form a major part of the GCC’s construction sector in 2012 with about $35bn worth of hospital schemes currently planned or under way.

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Powers of Construction - This year, 44 new power and water projects will begin in the GCC, reaching estimated values of $31.9 billion. Of these, the most controversial on the world stage is the UAE’s nuclear projects. In total, four plants will be constructed, with the final online by 2020.

8. Land of plenty - Jordan - The country’s largest planned urban development project to date, King Abullah bin Abdul Aziz City is well under way; the Queen Alia Airport is due for completion this year; affordable housing plans are in action; and a comprehensive high-way masterplan underpins the improvement strategy for Jordan’s 9000km of four lane, two lane and rural roads, taking part between 2010 and 2030.

9. Oman’s multi-billion dollar construction industry to boost tourism - Oman’s active construction projects, including aUS$1 billion tourist resort in Salalah and a US$1 billion Oman Conference and Exhibition Centre in Muscat, are forecast to substantially boost the country’s tourism industry.

Presentations to download

1. Presentation by Eng. Mahdy Aldakheel, Director of Projects Department, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (Kuwait) at AWCS 2011

2. Presentation by Public Works Authority (Ashghal) at Qatar Projects 2012

3. Presentation by Monjid Abdelmajeed, Managing Director, Redco Construction Almana on the company's experience in Project planning, execution and supervision

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